In Odesa region, 60 percent of consumers were left without electricity

Currently, up to 60% of all household customers and businesses in Odesa region are without electricity supply.

This was reported by the Odesa Regional Military Administration.

According to the Ministry of Energy, the enemy launched a massive attack with drones and missiles on 750 kV and 330 kV substations and overhead lines in different regions of the country. As a result, nuclear power plants were forced to reduce their generation capacity. In order to balance the power system, NPC Ukrenergo ordered the introduction of strict restrictions for all regions of Ukraine. That is why emergency blackouts are in place in Odesa Oblast.

In early February, specialists repaired the high-voltage line connecting Ukraine and Moldova, which caused problems with electricity supply from the neighboring country.

Earlier, DTEK Odesa Power Grid managed to restore power to 320,000 households in 558 settlements of Odesa Oblast that were cut off from electricity supply after the bad weather.

Power grids in Berezovsky, Bilhorod-Dnistrovsky and Odessky districts of the region suffered the most damage.

On the night of January 31, as forecasted by weather forecasters, the weather in Odesa region deteriorated, with temperatures dropping and snow starting to fall. As of the morning of 31 January, customers in Podilskyi, Berezivskyi, Rozdilnyanskyi, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi and Odesa districts were without electricity. In Odesa, electricity is supplied to critical infrastructure facilities.

At the same time, due to serious problems in the Ukrainian power grid, on the morning of Saturday, January 31, at 10:42 a.m., the voltage on the 400 kV Isaccea-Vulcanesti MPP line dropped, causing an emergency shutdown of the power system. Vehicles and goods were temporarily not allowed to cross the Ukrainian-Moldovan border due to the failure of the central databases of the customs authorities of the Republic of Moldova.

Кирило Бойко